The Houston Chronicle has endorsed Barack Obama to be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. The Chronicle joins The Dallas Morning News, Austin American-Statesman, San Antonio Express-News, and The El Paso Times who all endorsed Senator Obama. Here are some of the highlights from the Chronicle’s endorsement:...
Our sister in blog Gina McCauley of What About Our Daughters has landed an exclusive interview with Rev. Jesse Jackson. The interview comes on the heels of Barack Obama's decisive victory in the South Carolina Primary. Let me say that I am extremely proud of Gina and the work that...
On Monday, author/scholar Henry Louis Gates launched a new website called The Root. The site will be an online magazine, featuring thought-provoking commentary from a variety of black perspectives—including a blogroll that links to African-American themed sites. Harvard Professor Henry "Skip" Gates is editor-in-chief of the site. Former New York...
The America Jouralism Review recently published an article by Raquel Christie that takes an extensive look at how the mainstream media covered the Jena 6 story. Raquel spent a lot of time pulling this story together and examines it from a number of different angles. There are a few AfroSpear...
The Maynard Institute has a comprehensive interview with Howard Witt, Southwest Bureau Chief of the Chicago Tribune. Anyone who has visited this site for any length of time is familiar with Mr. Witt's work on the ShaQuanda Cotton case and in the Jena 6 story. He was the first person...
South Oak Cliff was found to have used an ineligible player on the way to their 2nd state basketball title. I continue to support Coach James Mays II and his program, and I continue to disagree with Brett Shipp's choice to sensationalize the story when he reported it on Channel...
Is Bill Clinton running for President or is Hillary? Today we see more evidence that it's the former. After a town hall meeting held by the former President he went on a tirade after being asked a question by CNN's Jessica Yellin. Clinton is accusing the media of doing what...
Thanks to the North Dallas Gazette for selecting me as one of their three People in the News this week. I was surprised when they told me I would be in the paper, but to see that I was featured with Elder Cathy Moffitt was extremely humbling. Click here to...
The Orlando Sun-Sentinal asks the question that's been raised on this site plenty of times: Why does America ignore missing black women? Natalee Holloway, Lori Hacking and Laci Peterson received round the clock coverage as is Marine Lance Corporal Maria Lauterbach. But what about the sisters? Columnist Sherri Winston uses...
According to The Des Moines Register's final Iowa Poll before the 2008 nominating contests, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has widened his lead over Hillary Clinton and John Edwards. The phone survey of 800 likely Democratic caucusgoers was taken Dec. 27-30. Obama was the choice of 32 percent of likely...
